June 3, 2024
#985 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
March, 2024 “Blessed be the God and Father or our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” (I Peter 1:3) The great thing about some Bible verses is they have three or four different trails that lead to wisdom: “…according to His great mercy…” or “…caused us to be born again…”. This time it is: “…a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ…” The hope is living–it’s not some future wish, like investing in the stock market. And that hope is based entirely on the resurrection–that He is alive right here right now. This verse is really the gospel in a nutshell.
June 4, 2024
Golf Tuesday, no apologies…
#986 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May 29, 2024 My friend objected to my “game-winning shot” post last Tuesday. “What about the guys on the other team? Where was God for them?” He doesn’t get it at all. God is not at a contest to decide who will win. God is directing lives (as much as we will allow Him). We all have different times for our rises and our falls. On one post I boast and on the next I bemoan. “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Amen.
June 5, 2024
#987 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2024 Pressing on. God has shown me that failure is an essential element in the Christian walk. If I’m honest, I encounter it every day in one way or another. The key is how I respond to failure–not resignation and not self-condemnation. Stand back up, dust myself off, thank God for forgiveness, and press on.
June 6, 2024
#988 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
March, 2024 “Speak the truth in love.” One of the most difficult verses in my card catalogue. Because if I favor one side or the other, I say many things I should not say, and I think many more without saying them. I have to have them both for the verse to work. Many people would say they have lied for the sake of love. ??? Something is amiss. Speaking the truth in love is a sure way to get me to speak less (not a bad thing). It is also a way for me to nurture the fruit of the Spirit.
June 7, 2024
#989 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2024 It is never too late to reconcile…with God or anyone else. Reconciliation is the gateway to love and peace. Don’t offer that lame excuse that the other party does not wish to be reconciled. Reconciliation is not a 50/50 proposition. Once I open the gateway, the process has begun. I can reconcile with someone without that person even knowing it. God did.
June 8, 2024
#990 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2024 Another quartet of luckless mallard boys unable to find prom dates. There were times in my life when the desire for a woman was my driving force. Seems so long ago…reminds me of a wonderful Dylan line: “When we meet again, introduced as friends / Please don’t let on that you knew me when / I was hungry and it was your world…” Ah, Lord, thank You for my checkered past.
June 9, 2024
Family Sunday, empty nest style…
#991 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2024 God has indicated to me I need to do more things with Karen…you know, date night kind of things. So we went to my kind of musical: Girl from the North Country — music and lyrics by Bob Dylan.
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